TY  - GEN
N2  - Pain is a complex experience that can be difficult to measure. Ensuring pain scales are accurately describing patients' experiences is one critical way to improve patient care. The goal of this study was to evaluate five common pain rating scales based on perceived effectiveness, ease of use, and patient satisfaction. Seventy-five patients age eighteen-years-or-older with any clinical diagnosis causing chronic pain at OHSU's Comprehensive Pain Center participated in a 19-question survey asking participants to rate their experiences using the Numerical Rating Scale, Verbal Rating Scale, Mankoski Pain Scale, Brief Pain Inventory, and the Defense and Veteran Pain Rating Scale. The results of the study show the Numerical Rating Scale and the Verbal Rating Scale were rated as significantly less effective at describing pain and significantly less satisfying than the multidimensional pain scales with survey respondents demonstrating a strong preference for the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale. This data suggests the Numerical Rating Scale and the Verbal Rating Scale may not meet the needs of many people living with chronic pain.
DO  - 10.6083/b8515p091
DO  - DOI
AB  - Pain is a complex experience that can be difficult to measure. Ensuring pain scales are accurately describing patients' experiences is one critical way to improve patient care. The goal of this study was to evaluate five common pain rating scales based on perceived effectiveness, ease of use, and patient satisfaction. Seventy-five patients age eighteen-years-or-older with any clinical diagnosis causing chronic pain at OHSU's Comprehensive Pain Center participated in a 19-question survey asking participants to rate their experiences using the Numerical Rating Scale, Verbal Rating Scale, Mankoski Pain Scale, Brief Pain Inventory, and the Defense and Veteran Pain Rating Scale. The results of the study show the Numerical Rating Scale and the Verbal Rating Scale were rated as significantly less effective at describing pain and significantly less satisfying than the multidimensional pain scales with survey respondents demonstrating a strong preference for the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale. This data suggests the Numerical Rating Scale and the Verbal Rating Scale may not meet the needs of many people living with chronic pain.
AD  - Oregon Health and Science University
T1  - Patient perspectives on the effectiveness, ease of use, and satisfaction of pain rating scales for people with chronic pain
ED  - Mauer, Kimberly
ED  - Sinit, Rachel
ED  - Martinez deCastro, Clarice
ED  - Stack, Madeleine
ED  - Weismann, Danielle
ED  - Scrivens, Nicholas
ED  - Caroll, Taryn
ED  - Rdesinski, Rebecca
ED  - Mentor
ED  - Co-PI
ED  - Co-PI
ED  - Co-PI
ED  - Co-PI
ED  - Co-PI
ED  - Co-PI
ED  - Co-PI
DA  - 2022
AU  - Betcher, Adam
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9501/files/Betcher.Adam.CaptionWeek.2022.pdf
PB  - Oregon Health and Science University
PY  - 2022
ID  - 9501
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9501/files/Betcher.Adam.CaptionWeek.2022.pdf
KW  - Pain Measurement
KW  - Patient Care
KW  - Chronic Pain
KW  - Patient Satisfaction
KW  - Pain Perception
KW  - ease
KW  - preference
TI  - Patient perspectives on the effectiveness, ease of use, and satisfaction of pain rating scales for people with chronic pain
Y1  - 2022
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9501/files/Betcher.Adam.CaptionWeek.2022.pdf
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9501/files/Betcher.Adam.CaptionWeek.2022.pdf
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9501/files/Betcher.Adam.CaptionWeek.2022.pdf
ER  -